Rosneft Upgrades Angarsk, Russia Petrochemical Complex

4:19 AM MDT | October 11, 2010 | Natasha Alperowicz

Rosneft (Moscow), a major Russian energy group, is upgrading its Angarsk, Russia petrochemical complex. The company has selected the Ineos Innovene technology for a polyethylene (PE) plant and the Lummus Novolen process for a new polypropylene (PP) facility. Ineos will provide its Innovene S slurry process for the manufacture of high-density and linear low-density polyethylene. The 345,000 m.t./year plant will produce a full range of Ziegler and chrome monomodal and bimodal products, Ineos says. It will cater for the Russian and Chinese markets. Meanwhile...